Using Children’s Picture Books To Teach Understanding And .

Using Children’s Picture Books to TeachUnderstanding and Acceptanceof DiversityCompiled by Dr. Julie AshworthAssistant Professor of Education, Augustana University, 2021The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as anEgyptian king wrote over his library, "The medicines of the soul." - Paxton HoodBooks are a wonderful way to bond interpersonally with children when shared together and to exploreconcepts of accepting diversity and empathy that aren’t readily available in everyday life forchildren. The following books are helpful in illustrating the abstract concepts of differing abilities,diversity & inclusion, peace, social justice, civil rights, and helping explicitly teach children how toconstruct their own moral behavior and become empathetic. Exemplary, authentic books for children andyoung people about diversity, understanding others, resolving conflicts, and being a member of a globalfamily are more important now than ever.Books that Promote Understanding, Acceptance and Advocacy for Kids with Autism:A Kids Book About AutismSo Your Friend Has AutismMy Friend Has AutismSince We’re FriendsA Friend Like SimonA Friend for HenryLooking for LouisAutism and Me: Sibling StoriesMy Brother CharlieSometimes My BrotherAll About My BrotherMy Best Friend WillUniquely Worried: A Story aboutAutism and Its GiftsI can’t Believe You SAID That!I Can Fix It!David and Justin P. FloodAgnieszk ValentaoldsAmanda TourvilleCeleste Shally & David HarringtonKate GaynorJenn Bailey & Mika SongLesely Ely & Polly DunbarOuisie ShapiroHolly Robinson Peete & Ryan PeeteAngie HealySarah PeraltaJamie Lowell & Tara TuchelJulia CookJulia CookGayle Grass

Pedro’s WhalePaula Kluth & Patrick SchwartzArnie and His School ToolsJennifer VeenendallIan’s Walk: A Story Bout AutismLaurie LearsI Am HereSusan Verde and Peter H. ReynoldsI am Human, A Book of EmpathySusan Verde and Peter H. ReynoldsWe’re Amazing, 1,2,3Leslie KimmelmanFamily ForeverSesame St.The Girl Who Thought in Pictures,Story of Dr. Temple GrandinJulie Finley MoscaLeah’s VoiceLori DemoniAll My Stripes: A Story for Childrenwith AutismShaina Rudolph & Danielle RoyenAutism & Me: A child’s perspectiveMarina KaranjacWhen My Worries Get Too BigKari DUnn BuronHow to Deal with AutismLynette RobbinsThe Truth About Autism: A Child’s Guideto Understanding AutismKelly StrengeRescued by a Cow and A SqueezeTemple GrandinI See Things Differently:A First Look at AutismPat ThomasWhy Won’t He Look At Me?Brandie WileyI Am Utterly UniqueElaine Marie LarsonWe’ll Paint the Octopus RedStephanie Stuve-BodeenChapter Books (includes character with autism):Rain ReignAnn MartinA Boy Called BatElana ArnoldRaymie NightingaleKate DecamilloAsbergers Syndrome, the Universe andEverythingKenneth HallChester and GusCammie McGovernSuperStarMandy DavisThe Luster of Lost ThingsSophie Chen KellerHow to Say I Love You Out LoudKarole CazzoMockingbirdKathryn ErksineBooks that Celebrate All Abilities:Meet MimiI Am MeDiffenent A Great Thing to BeIt’s Ok to be Different:Children’s Picture Book about Diversityand KindnessJust Ask!: Be Different,Be Brave,Be YouFrancie Dolan & Wendy LeachTristan TownsHeather AvisSharon Purtell & Sujata SahaSonia Sotomayor & Rafeal LopezWe’re All WondersR. J. PalacioArnie and the New KidNancy CarlsonThe Balancing GirlBerniece RabeThe People on the CornerLeslye OrrMeet Maya Cat: A Story of Acceptance Lauren BeaderWhat Were You Thinking:Bryan SmithEagle EyesJeanne GehretI’m Deaf and it’s OkayLorraine AseltineBe Kind to Eddie LeeVirginia FlemingHow Smudge CameNan Gregory

Don’t Laugh At MeI'm Like You, You're Like MeWhat It's Like to Be MeMy Name is BlessingDiversity:Steve Seskin & Allen ShamblinCindy GainerHelen ExleyEric WaltersAuthentic Multicultural and Miscellaneous Books for Promoting & AffirmingA Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals Christopher CorrA Kids Book About Racismby Jelani MemoryA Kids Book About Failyureby Dr. Laymon HicksA Kids Book About Creativityby Sara & Stewart Scott-CurranA Kids Book about EmpathyDaron K. RobertsA Kids Book About BullyingElizabeth TomA Kids Book About BelongingKevin CarrollA kids Book About DisabilitiesKristine NapperA Kids Book About GratitudeKen BanyonA Kids Book About AdventureBen TertinMost PeopleMichael LeannahThe Ocean CallsTina ChoSulweLupita Nyong’oAmbitious GirlMeena HarrisA Place at the TableSaadia FaruqiI am Human, A Book of EmpathySusan Verde and Peter H. ReynoldsI am Peace, A Book of MindfulnessSusan Verde and Peter H. ReynoldI am Love, A Book About CompassionSusan Verde and Peter H. ReynoldI am One, A Book of ActionSusan Verde and Peter H. ReynoldI PromiseLebron JamesAll Our Welcomeby Alexandra Penfold & Suzanne KaufmanThe Proudest Blue:The Story of Hijab and FamilyIbtihaj MuhammadI Can Do Hard ThingsGabi GarciaI am EnoughGrace BuyersI Believe I CanGrace BuyersEach KindnessJacqueline WoodsonOn the Day You BeginJacqueline Woodson & Rafael LopezNot my Idea: A book About Whiteness Anastasia HigginbothamHello WorldManya StojicFamilies Around the World, One Kid at a Time Uwe OmmerCourage (in Japanese & English)Bernard WaberOn the Day You Were BornDebra FrasierAmazing GraceMary HoffmanLenore’s Big BreakSusan PearsonThese HandsHope Lynne PriceLet’s Talk About RaceJulius LesterWhoever You AreMem FoxSomething BeautifulSharon Dennis WyethFor Every ChildCaroline Castle (UNICEF)Thank You, Mr. FalkerPatricia PalaccoMr. Lincoln’s WayPatricia PalaccoThe Junkyard WondersPatricia PalaccoIn Our Mothers’ HousePatricia PalaccoThe Colors of UsKaren KatzLove Can Build a BridgeNaomi JuddIf the World Were a VillageDavid Smith

The Crayon Box that TalkedShane DeRolfA Bad Case of StripesDavid ShannonEncounterJane YolenIs There Really A Human Race?Jamie Lee CurtisOld TurtleDouglas WoodOld Turtle and the Broken TruthDouglas WoodMartin’s Big WordsDoreen RappaportRosaNikki GiovanniThe Story of Ruby BridgesRobert ColesSister Anne’s HandsMarybeth LorbieckiGoin’ Someplace SpecialMcKissack & PinkneyHarlemWalter Dean MyersWe Are All WondersR. J. PalacioI Dream of a World Pershing Accelerated SchoolI Hate EnglishEllen LevineA To ZenRuth WellsJust Ask!:Be Different,Be Brave,Be You Sonia Sotomayor & Rafeal LopezThe Whispering ClothPegi Deitz SheaUsborne Book of Peoples of the World Doherty & ClaybourneMany NationsJoseph BruchacFamilies Around the WorldUwe OmmerThe Skin You Live InMichael TylerRuby’s WishShirin Yim BridgesListen to the WindGreg Mortenson & Susan RothGiving Thanks: A Native American GoodMorning MessageChief Jake SwampGift Horse: A Lakota StoryS.D. NelsonCrazy Horse’s VisionJoseph BruchacShota and the Star QuiltMargaret Bateson-HillSaltypie: A Choctaw Journey FromDarkness into LightTin TillerI’m in Charge of CelebrationsBryd BaylorEverybody Needs a RockBryd BaylorThe Table Where Rich People SitBryd BaylorThe Way to Start a DayBryd Baylor14 Cows for AmericaCarmen Agra DeedyImagine A DaySarah L. ThomsonImagine A PlaceSarah L. ThomsonPitching In For EubieJerdine NolenFamilyIsabell MonkThrow Your Tooth on the Roof:Tooth Traditions From Around The World Selby B. BeelerSo Far From the SeaEve BuntingHow & Why Stories: World Tales KidsCan Read & TellMartha Hamilton & Mitch WeissThe BraceletYoshiko Uchida & Joanna YardlyOur World of Water: Children andWater Around the WorldBeatrice HollyerMirrorJeannie BakerThe Day the Rains FellAnne FaundezAmazing FacesLee Bennett Hopkins & Chris SoentpietPeoplePeter SpierThe Day You BeginJacqueline WoodsonShow WayJacqueline WoodsonThe Barefoot Book of Earth TalesDawn Casey & Anne Wilson

Bringing The Rain To Kapiti PlainVerna AardemaOur Children Can Soar: A CelebrationOf Rosa, Barak, and the Pioneers ofChangeMichelle CookOf Thee I Sing: A Letter To MyDaughtersBarack ObamaFour Feet, Two SandalsKaren Lynn Williams & Khadra MohammedW Is For World:Round-The-World ABC Kathryn CaveElephant Dance: A Journey To IndiaTheresa HeineThe Village That VanishedAnn GrifalconiWish: Wishing Traditions Around theWorldRoseanne ThongSeeking SerenityPilar StellaThe Story Tree: Tales to Read AloudHugh Lupton & Sophie FatusA Cool Drink of WaterBarbara KerleySensing PeaceSuzana E. YoderOur Favorite Stories from Around theWorldJamila GavinAn Awesome BookDallas ClaytonGiraffes Can’t DanceGiles Andreae & Guy Parker- ReesJulian is a MermaidJessica LoveCrown: An Ode to the Fresh CutDerrick BarnesI am Every Good ThingDerrick BarnesI am EnoughGrace Byers & Keturah A. BobI Believe I CanGrace Byers & Keturah A. BobSkin Like MineLaTashia M. PerryHair LoveMatthew E. CherryRadiant Child: The Story of Young ArtistJean-Michel BasquiatJavaka SteptoePromoting Peace/Social Justice Books:Separate Is Never Equal:Sylvia MendezHer Family’s Fight for DesegregationWe are the ChangeLet the Children MarchFreedom in Congo SquareKamala Harris: Rooted in JusticeChange SingsSay SomethingBe You!We are Water ProtectorsDuncan TonatiuhHenry BelafonteMonica Clark-Robinson & Frank MorrisonCarole Boston Weatherford &R. Gregory ChristieNikki GrimesAmanda GormanPeter ReynoldsPeter ReynoldsCarol LindstromAll Because You MatterTami CharlesWe Rise, We Resist,We Raise Our VoicesWade Hudson (editor of 50 diverse authors & illustrators)One of UsPeggy MossWhat Does Peace Feel Like?Vladimir RadunskySomething Happened in Our Town:Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, Ann Hazzard & Jennifer ZivionA Child's Story About Racial InjusticePeace One Day the Making of WorldPeace DayJeremy Gilley & Karen BlessenWe Are All Born FreeAnmesty International UK Section 2008The Librarian of Basra: A True Storyfrom IraqJeanette WinterIf Peace Is Jane BaskwillLove is PowerfulHeather Dean Brewer

The UndefeatedA Million Visions of PeaceThe Big Book of PeacePeace Begins with YouPeace in 100 LanguagesA Piece of PeacePeace CraneSadako and the Thousand CranesFaithful ElephantsSeven Brave WomenPeace Week in Miss Fox’s ClassThe Peace BookThe ButterflyPink and SayJanuary’s SparrowThe Hating BookThe AllegoryWe Share One WorldThe Peace SeekersPeace FlowerYou and I Can Change the WorldSeeds of ChangePlanting the Seeds of KenyaMama Titi (story of Wangari Maathia)Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A TrueStory from AfricaPlanting The Trees of Kenya: The storyof Wangari MaathaiWhen I Grow Up I will Win theNoble Peace PrizeCan You Say Peace?A Little PeacePeaceful Pieces: Poems and QuiltsAbout PeaceSomewhere Today: A Book of PeaceKwame AlexanderJennifer GarrisonCollection by many authorsKatherine ScholesMultiple authorsYoung authorsSheila HamanakaEleanor CoerrTomoko Tsuchiya DykesBetsy HearneEileen SpinelliTodd ParrPatricia PolaccoPatricia PolaccoPatricia PalaccoCharlotte ZolotowEve BuntingJane E. HoffeltNathan AasengAda AharoniAda AharoniJen Cullerton JohnsonClaire A. NavoliDonna Jo NapoliJeanette WinterClaire A. NivolaIsabel PinKaren KatzBarbara KerleyAnna Grossnickle HinesShelley Moore ThomasChapter Books that address Diversity for Read Aloud & to recommend to your Intermediate Elementary-HighSchool StudentsWonderRayme NightingaleLouisiana’s Way HomeBeverly Right HereRain ReignWish TreeThe War the Saved My LifeBan This BookThe Insignificant Events in the Life of A CactusSequel: Momentous Events in the Life of A CactusBrown Giel DreamingHarbor MeBlendedOut of My MindOne Crazy SummerCrossoverF. J. PalacioKate DiCamilloKate DiCamilloKate DiCamilloAnn MartinKatherine ApplegateKimberly Brurbaker BradleyAlan GratzDusti BowlingDusti BowlingJaqueline WoodsonJaqueline WoodsonSharon DraperSharon DraperRita Williams-GarciaKwame Alexander